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Cartoon Coloring with Photoshop

By Kelly | May 17, 2007

In this example I use a pencil sketch, Flash for inking, and Photoshop for coloring.
Check my tutorial Inking with Flash for a more detailed breakdown of the first step, Inking the Sketch.

1. Inking the Sketch

2. Painting Flats

3. Shading

4. Highlights

5. Finishing Touches

6. Finally Finished

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27 Responses to “Cartoon Coloring with Photoshop”

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   amguitarman Says:
   April 22nd, 2009 at 12:40 pm

   would this process be any different in GIMP? Or would I need a completely different tutorial for that?

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   liquidFIRE00z Says:
   February 22nd, 2009 at 8:02 pm

   Does this work on Flash 8, or Paint.NET? Those are the only two drawing programs I own.
   Also, could you show a tutorial on animating anthros with flash?

3. 25
   Kelly Says:
   October 5th, 2008 at 7:53 pm

   Brett,
   If you can get a student edition of Photoshop, it’s much more affordable and isn’t any different from the regular one.
   I would recommend getting the latest version, simply because there’s not an easy way to get legit copies of older versions. If you see a sealed boxed copy of CS2 then go for it. Don’t bother with ‘used’ or ‘OEM’ because they are usually pirated.
   Additionally there are affordable alternatives like the open-source GIMP or OpenCanvas which do most of what PS does.

4. 24
   Brett Says:
   October 4th, 2008 at 9:57 pm

   Kelly, I have a question. Can you tell me which Photoshop I should get? I don’t wanna go out and buy something for $600 when I find out that I don’t need it. Should I get Photoshop CS4?

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   Kojichan Says:
   July 15th, 2008 at 5:55 pm

   Wow! XD I thought I was the only ‘dork’ who used Flash to inking lines, because it’s awesome that way.

   ^^ I remember doing that way back when, about Flash 4 or so. Brilliant work on this tutorial! It’s awesome. I’ll have to keep it in mind. XDD Hmm…!! *bookmarks*

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   zorrito Says:
   June 4th, 2008 at 12:23 pm

   very useful *murr* i like it a lot, it help me n_n

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   Monika Says:
   April 17th, 2008 at 8:17 am

   Oh I forgot, how about dropping it into Artrage, which is very affordable at $25, or painter?

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